Gibier

Out of the beaten track: a narrative of travel in little known Africa. Introduction by Dr. G.M. Vevers. . . .

1931 · Best.-Nr. 62097 — New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1931. Tall 8vo. 288 pp. Photo frontisp. 45 photos on plates 1 map. Orange publisher’s cloth black lettering front cover & spine very minor shelfwear slight foxing at fore-edges w/ d.j. striking Art Deco cover art of Lioness on front cover minor chipping head & foot of spine wear at corners couple minor nicks & closed tears old tape repairs on verso still NF/G copy. First American edition stated of this well-written narrative devoted primarily to the hunting of African Elephants spears and firearms Hippo’s lion hunting along with chapters on African Witchcraft the Dinka peoples Sudan and night photography. The pair are perhaps best-known for their 1927 Cape to Cairo automobile travel memoir by Stella Court Treatt who with her then husband Major Chaplin Court Treatt headed the Court Treatt Expedition the first to drive a motor vehicle from Cape Town South Africa to Cairo Egypt. Traveling in two Royal Flying Corps surplus Crossley BGT1 Light Trucks from Sept. 13 1924 to Jan. 24 1926 they covered 12732 miles in sixteen months across the African continent through South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Kenya Uganda Sudan and Egypt. Scarce in original dustjacket. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., hardcover